Tuesday, August 29, 2017

PULL APART PIZZA MONKEY BREAD

Here is a simple and delicious recipe of pull apart pizza monkey bread. The name sounds weird isn't it. It is simply called monkey bread because we don't cut it with a knife but just pull out small pieces and relish it.. I had seen this on the show "Mummy Ka Magic" on Food Food channel and wanted to try it out sometime. And look at the coincidence, this month in our group- "Shhhh Cooking Secretly"the theme chosen was "Baked". We are paired with another blogger who gives us 2 secret ingredients.
My partner for the month is Sujata Shukla. She blogs at, "Pepper On Pizza"She is a Chartered Accountant by profession and also a passionate foodie. Check out her blog for Indian as well as Global recipes. The two ingredients given to me were Cheese and Rosemary.

To make the pizza sauce:
1.Heat oil in a pan, Saute the garlic and add the basil leaves, blanched and diced tomatoes.
2. Stir in the sauces mentioned in the list. Season with salt and pizza seasoning. Simmer until done.
3. Set aside to cool.

To make the Monkey bread:

1. Take the flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add the sugar and dry yeast. Add the salt and oil on the sides.

2. Knead the dough using lukewarm water. Knead it well for 5 minutes. Place it in a covered bowl until it rises and doubles up.

3 Now take the dough on the kitchen platform. Knock out the air bubbles. Flatten it with the help of a rolling pin. Spread the diced bell peppers and olives.

4. Knead it well to mix all the ingredients.

5. It might be a little sticky but don't panic..you can apply some oil to your hands while working on it.

6. Divide the dough into small portions.

7. Flatten each ball and stuff with a little cheese and close it shaping like a bun. Repeat this with the remaining dough.

8. Grease a ring mould or a Bundt pan. Place the prepared dough balls randomly.

9. Set aside until they double up in size.

10. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 250 C for about 22 to 25 minutes or until done. The time and temperature may vary a little depending on the size of the oven.

11. When they are done, demould the monkey bread and spoon a little pizza sauce , grate cheese over it while it is hot so that the cheese melts a little. Garnish with basil leaves, rosemary leaves and sprinkle some pizza seasoning over it.

Hello mam , as I want learn making breads ...but confused among different types of yeast. Could you please help me with the same..in the above recipe you have used yeast ...ins it instant dry yeast or active dry yeast.

Instant and active dry yeasts are the same. They come in powder or tiny granule form. The other one is fresh yeast which you just crumble and add while kneading. But that is not easily available everywhere.